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Women at the Museum in the 1950s
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/women-at-the-museum-in-the-1950/The Australian Museum first employed a female scientist in 1920 and has continued to employ women in a wide variety of roles ever since. Here you can catch a glimpse of the women working at the Museum in the 1950s.
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John Disney 'What's Hit is History - What's Missed is Mystery'
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/whats-hit-is-history-whats-missed-is-mystery/John Disney was a crack shot, a brown belt in judo, and the Museum's last 'Curator of Birds'.
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History of the Australian Museum Society (TAMS)
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/history-of-the-australian-museum-society-tams/The Australian Museum society (TAMs) has promoted the role and activities of the Museum for 40 years.
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Fred McCarthy
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/fred-mccarthy/Frederick McCarthy was employed by the Australian Museum for 44 years and was the curator of the Anthropology department from 1941-1964.
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Robert (Bob) McDowall 1939 – 2011
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/robert-bob-mcdowall-1939-2011/Well-known New Zealand fisheries scientist, Bob McDowall died after a short illness. Bob was regarded as the father of freshwater fish and fisheries in New Zealand, but also had a huge influence on unravelling the taxonomy and distribution of Australia's temperate freshwater fish.
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Winifred West
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/winifred-west-biography/When she first arrived in Australia, the well-known educationalist Winifred West supported herself by teaching privately and drawing shells for Charles Hedley, the Conchologist at the Australian Museum.
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Gerard Krefft, Curator and Secretary, 1861-1874
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/johann-gerard-krefft/Johann Ludwig Gerard (Louis) Krefft, 1830–1881 was one of the few Australian scientists to accept and propagate Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
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Oliver Chalmers – Curator of Minerals
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/oliver-chalmers-curator-of-minerals/The promising lad who became a highly regarded geologist.
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Elsie Bramell
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/elsie-bramell/Elsie Bramell was the first female anthropologist to be employed by the Australian Museum in the 1930s.
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History of Ichthyology
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/history-of-ichthyology/After a slow start, the Museum's collection of fishes has grown to provide a comprehensive resource for research scientists.
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